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Crop Protection :: Pests of Papaya

Ash weevils: Myllocerus spp

Symptoms of damage

  • Grub feed on the roots
  • Wilting of young saplings
  • notching of leaf margin by adults

Identification of pest

  • Grub – small, apodous
  • Adult – greenish white with dark lines on elytra

Management

  • Collect and destroy the adults
  • Spray carbaryl 50 WP at 2g/lit

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